LatinaLista — In featuring Mexican American civil rights figure Cesar Chavez in a special GOOGLE doodle, the global search engine probably thought it would be a great hit, especially with Latinos. It would have been had it not been for one slight detail — Chavez’s birthday just happened to be on Easter this year. Outcry [...]
Many Low-Income Oklahoma Students May Fail Because of Reading Law
By Chase Cook Oklahoma Watch Among thousands of Oklahoma students who could be held back in third grade for failing a state reading test next year, a disproportionate share will likely be low-income children, an Oklahoma Watch analysis of state data found. Most could be boys. An analysis of state test data from spring 2012 [...]
Latinas Have High Cervical Cancer Rates, But Prevention is Possible
By SaludToday Cervical cancer is the most preventable of all female cancers. However, Hispanic women have the highest rates of cervical cancer in the United States. Of every 100,000 U.S. women, about 11 Hispanic women are diagnosed with cervical cancer, compared to only seven non-Hispanic women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [...]
New study on the ‘why’ undocumented immigrants come reveal ‘why’ they’ll never leave voluntarily
LatinaLista — A new study that was released by the University of Arizona’s Center for Latin American Studies examining the reasons why undocumented immigrants come and keep on coming back to the U.S., even after being deported, illustrate that if immigration reform doesn’t address the true realities of the broken immigration system, true border security [...]
Guest Voz: The death of the Chicana/o Left
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista Prior to 1986, a clear Left voice could be heard on immigration reform. Among its priorities was that there would be no guest worker program, there would be no employer sanctions, there would be a more humane border enforcement policy, and there would be a clear path to citizenship with [...]
Distinguished English Linguist: Living in a world where lies are designed to sound truthful degrades language and life
By Laurel Airica Laurel Airica “… Political language – and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists – is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” George Orwell The intentional misuse of words to cast spells on [...]
